Python Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Python
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 16 31
Rank change year-on-year -10 +15 -24
Permanent jobs citing Python 244 278 396
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.19% 9.85% 6.51%
As % of the Programming Languages category 36.26% 32.18% 20.93%
Number of salaries quoted 129 168 302
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,425 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £44,813 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% +8.70% -3.36%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £100,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £59,925
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.64% -0.13%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

Python falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 673 864 1,892
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.31% 30.61% 31.12%
Number of salaries quoted 486 579 1,558
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -5.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £86,000
South East median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +9.09% -4.35%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Python relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Python job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Python
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 18 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 18 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -3 108 £47,500 -24.00% 65
Oxfordshire -5 70 £67,500 +8.00% 61
Buckinghamshire -2 66 £60,000 - 39
Python
South East

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.46%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.82%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.82%) WordPress
3 1 (0.41%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.41%) Camunda
3 1 (0.41%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.41%) Kinematics
3 1 (0.41%) SAS
Applications
1 64 (26.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.92%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (1.23%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.82%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.41%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 120 (49.18%) Azure
2 92 (37.70%) Power Platform
3 63 (25.82%) AWS
4 44 (18.03%) Azure AI
5 27 (11.07%) GCP
6 23 (9.43%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (6.15%) Azure Logic Apps
8 13 (5.33%) Azure Data Factory
9 11 (4.51%) OpenShift
9 11 (4.51%) SaaS
10 10 (4.10%) GitHub
10 10 (4.10%) Serverless
11 9 (3.69%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (3.69%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 8 (3.28%) Amazon EKS
12 8 (3.28%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 6 (2.46%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (2.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 5 (2.05%) dbt
14 5 (2.05%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.33%) Firewall
2 5 (2.05%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (1.64%) DNS
4 3 (1.23%) MQTT
4 3 (1.23%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.82%) Internet
5 2 (0.82%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.82%) SpaceWire
6 1 (0.41%) 5G
6 1 (0.41%) Broadband
6 1 (0.41%) HTTP
6 1 (0.41%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.41%) Intranet
6 1 (0.41%) MIMO
6 1 (0.41%) NGN
6 1 (0.41%) SMTP
6 1 (0.41%) SSL
6 1 (0.41%) VLAN
6 1 (0.41%) VPN
6 1 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (30.33%) Power BI
2 53 (21.72%) Tableau
3 14 (5.74%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (5.33%) Relational Database
5 11 (4.51%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (3.69%) Metadata
7 8 (3.28%) SQL Server
8 7 (2.87%) Data Lake
9 6 (2.46%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.64%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (1.23%) Spark SQL
11 3 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.82%) Airbyte
12 2 (0.82%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.82%) SAP BW
12 2 (0.82%) Snowflake Schema
13 1 (0.41%) Data Hub
13 1 (0.41%) Hadoop
13 1 (0.41%) MySQL
13 1 (0.41%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 31 (12.70%) Git
2 17 (6.97%) GitLab
3 13 (5.33%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.46%) JMeter
4 6 (2.46%) JUnit
4 6 (2.46%) MLflow
4 6 (2.46%) Mockito
5 3 (1.23%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.23%) JIRA
5 3 (1.23%) Postman
5 3 (1.23%) Selenium
5 3 (1.23%) SoapUI
6 2 (0.82%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.41%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.41%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.41%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.41%) Subversion
7 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 124 (50.82%) Social Skills
2 64 (26.23%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (19.26%) Finance
4 17 (6.97%) Manufacturing
5 15 (6.15%) Telecoms
6 14 (5.74%) Public Sector
7 12 (4.92%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (4.92%) Law
8 8 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.64%) Games
11 3 (1.23%) Aviation
11 3 (1.23%) Marketing
11 3 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.82%) Aeronautics
12 2 (0.82%) Automotive
12 2 (0.82%) Banking
12 2 (0.82%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.82%) Retail
Job Titles
1 76 (31.15%) Analyst
2 61 (25.00%) Data Analyst
3 44 (18.03%) Junior
4 42 (17.21%) Developer
4 42 (17.21%) Junior Analyst
4 42 (17.21%) Junior Data Analyst
5 34 (13.93%) Software Engineer
6 25 (10.25%) Senior
7 17 (6.97%) Automation Engineer
7 17 (6.97%) Python Engineer
8 16 (6.56%) Data Engineer
9 15 (6.15%) Power Platform Developer
10 13 (5.33%) Python Software Engineer
11 12 (4.92%) Financial Analyst
12 11 (4.51%) Full-Stack Developer
13 10 (4.10%) Associate Director
13 10 (4.10%) Network Engineer
13 10 (4.10%) Telecoms Engineer
14 8 (3.28%) Salesforce Developer
14 8 (3.28%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (12.70%) REST
2 17 (6.97%) JSON
3 16 (6.56%) SOAP
4 14 (5.74%) .NET
5 13 (5.33%) Middleware
6 12 (4.92%) XML
7 11 (4.51%) Web Services
8 10 (4.10%) HTML
8 10 (4.10%) Jinja
8 10 (4.10%) YAML
9 9 (3.69%) Lightning Web Components
9 9 (3.69%) Visualforce
10 8 (3.28%) React
11 7 (2.87%) Spring
11 7 (2.87%) Spring Boot
12 6 (2.46%) ActiveMQ
12 6 (2.46%) Django
12 6 (2.46%) Hibernate
12 6 (2.46%) jQuery
12 6 (2.46%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.48%) Low-Code
2 21 (8.61%) Life Science
3 19 (7.79%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (4.92%) Client/Server
5 11 (4.51%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (4.10%) Algorithms
6 10 (4.10%) Hackathon
7 8 (3.28%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.05%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.64%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.64%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (1.23%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.23%) Animation
10 3 (1.23%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.23%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (1.23%) LIMS
10 3 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.23%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.82%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (0.82%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 41 (16.80%) Linux
2 9 (3.69%) Unix
3 5 (2.05%) Windows
4 3 (1.23%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.82%) VxWorks
6 1 (0.41%) FreeBSD
6 1 (0.41%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.41%) OpenBSD
6 1 (0.41%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (35.66%) AI
2 77 (31.56%) Business Intelligence
2 77 (31.56%) CI/CD
3 70 (28.69%) Problem-Solving
4 61 (25.00%) Agile
5 51 (20.90%) Software Engineering
6 50 (20.49%) DevOps
7 46 (18.85%) Computer Science
8 40 (16.39%) Analytics
9 38 (15.57%) Continuous Improvement
10 37 (15.16%) Decision-Making
11 35 (14.34%) Data Modelling
12 33 (13.52%) ETL
12 33 (13.52%) Machine Learning
13 31 (12.70%) Data Governance
14 29 (11.89%) Containerisation
15 26 (10.66%) Deployment Automation
16 25 (10.25%) Data Pipeline
17 24 (9.84%) Test Automation
18 23 (9.43%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 111 (45.49%) SQL
2 49 (20.08%) JavaScript
3 37 (15.16%) C++
4 30 (12.30%) C#
5 29 (11.89%) Java
6 18 (7.38%) C
7 14 (5.74%) VBA
8 12 (4.92%) Rust
9 10 (4.10%) Shell Script
9 10 (4.10%) TypeScript
10 9 (3.69%) Apex Code
11 7 (2.87%) R
12 5 (2.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (2.05%) Go
12 5 (2.05%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (1.64%) Bash
14 3 (1.23%) PHP
14 3 (1.23%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.41%) Fortran
15 1 (0.41%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 69 (28.28%) Degree
2 44 (18.03%) Azure Certification
3 27 (11.07%) Computer Science Degree
4 24 (9.84%) Master's Degree
5 21 (8.61%) Security Cleared
6 12 (4.92%) ACCA
6 12 (4.92%) CIMA
6 12 (4.92%) SC Cleared
7 5 (2.05%) PhD
8 3 (1.23%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 3 (1.23%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.84%) QA
2 19 (7.79%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.28%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.64%) ECSS
5 3 (1.23%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 3 (1.23%) GxP
6 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.41%) GDPR
6 1 (0.41%) MISRA
6 1 (0.41%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (10.66%) Docker
2 14 (5.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (5.33%) Hyper-V
3 13 (5.33%) KVM
4 4 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.23%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.82%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (8.61%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.51%) Terraform
3 7 (2.87%) Ansible
3 7 (2.87%) Kibana
4 3 (1.23%) Kubeflow
5 2 (0.82%) Argo
6 1 (0.41%) Control-M
6 1 (0.41%) Grafana
6 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.41%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 71 (29.10%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.97%) SAP
3 14 (5.74%) VMware
4 12 (4.92%) Red Hat
5 11 (4.51%) Databricks
6 10 (4.10%) Cisco
7 9 (3.69%) MuleSoft
7 9 (3.69%) Oracle
7 9 (3.69%) Salesforce
8 7 (2.87%) Dynatrace
9 6 (2.46%) Splunk
10 5 (2.05%) F5
10 5 (2.05%) Google
10 5 (2.05%) Juniper
10 5 (2.05%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.64%) ServiceNow
12 3 (1.23%) Agilent
13 2 (0.82%) IBM
13 2 (0.82%) Informatica
13 2 (0.82%) NVIDIA